Book Review: Don't Check Your Brains at the Door By Josh McDowell & Bob Hostetler

Don't Check Your Brains at the Door by Josh McDowell & Bob Hostetler indeed is a great, attractive book for teens to read. It gives teens the answers that make sense, even for the toughest of questions.

In this book, McDowell and Hostetler offer clarity to these perplexing questions, and laced them with humor to expose common myths about God, the Bible, religion, and life to show how Christianity stands up to the test of fact and reason.

This book will help young people to better equipped to stand up for their faith as they begin to understand why they believe and why it's important to make a lifetime commitment to Christ and the church.

The contents of this book include common myths about God, myths about Jesus, myths about Bible, myths about the Resurrection of Christ, myths about Christianity, and even on more personal issues facing young people such as temptation issues, the sex questions, etc.

In other words, this book present apologetics in a lively, easy-to-relate manner to these young people.

I like the way the chapters are presented - short and crisp! Each chapters contain only 2 - 3 pages, can be easily read in a few minutes. The best part is the 'Brain Food' section found at the end of each chapter - more serious stuffs for those to go further and more detailed on that topic.

In short, this is a highly recommended! Highly recommended apologetic book for young people....

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Book Review: God's Love Letters to You. A 40-Day Devotional Experience By Larry Crabb

This book is a 40-day devotional messages taken from the eternal story of God’s Love, the Bible, as revealed in the conversational experience of 66 Love Letters.

Each devotional reading is based on twenty Old Testament and twenty New Testament books of the Bible.

Written to help the reader listen to what God is saying in His Word, God’s Love Letters to You offers a life-changing encounter with God through the story He is telling.

Author Larry Crabb brings the big picture of God’s story into clearer focus, helping readers catch an enticing glimpse of how each of these forty books of the Bible advances the story.

Although I like Larry Crabb's style of writings and his biblical view on psychology, I wish that the main devotional message is scripturally referenced. Except for the introductory scripture verses that appear at the beginning of each day's message, there is very little scripture back-up in this book.

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this e-book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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Book Review: Billy Graham in Quotes

This book is not meant to be read in one sitting....it is a wealth of quotable quotes of Billy Graham compiled by his son, Franklin Graham. It is meant, instead, as a reference for Billy Graham's quotes that you can use in your sermons, speeches and writings.

Personally I am extremely delighted with this very useful collection and am amazed at the wisdom that God has bestowed upon this evangelist.

Here is a sampling of quotes that I find particularly inspiring and encouraging:

On abortion:

"The widespread acceptance of abortion is a symbol or sign of something
deeper within our society that should also concern us greatly.
This is the tendency today to decide moral
issues or questions only on the basis of
whether or not they are convenient or bring pleasure to a person."

On the Bible:

"We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the
Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it,
and we should be obedient to all of it."

On Christianity:

"Christianity is not an insurance policy against life’s ills and troubles."

"Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment;
being a Christian is the work of a lifetime."

On God:

"Most of us know about God,
but that is quite different from knowing God."

"If God can be fully proved by the human mind,
then He is no greater than the mind that proves Him."

"You will never understand who you are until
you understand who God is."

"The will of God will never take us
where the grace of God cannot sustain us."

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this e-book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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Book Review: Put Your Dream to the Test by John C. Maxwell

No doubt, John C. Maxwell's Put Your Dream to the Test is a greatly inspiring book.

In this book, John helps people answer ten powerful questions to reveal a future where their dream is fulfilled.

1. The Ownership Question:
Is my dream really my dream?
A dream is only worth pursuing further if it is truly our own dream. We don't want to live out somebody else' dream - be it our parents', teachers, etc.

2. The Clarity Question:
Do I clearly see my dream?
If you can't see it, you can't seize it.

3. The Reality Question:
Am I depending on factors within my control to achieve my dream? I, not only need to know what are my strengths, but I also need to know what are my weaknesses.

4. The Passion Question:
Does my dream compel me to follow it? Do I have what it takes to drive me on despite the challenges?

5. The Pathway Question:
Do I have a strategy to reach my dream?

6. The People Question:
Have I included the people I need to realize my dream?

7. The Cost Question:
Am I willing to pay the price for my dream?

8. The Tenacity Question:
Am I moving closer to my dream? Am I willing to be persistent despite all odds?

9. The Fulfillment Question:
Does working toward my dream bring satisfaction? Essentially the flip-side to the Cost and Tenacity Questions, this question ask if it is worth pursuing the dream that may cost us considerably -- does this dream bring me fulfillment that I am willing to pay the price.

10. The Significance Question:
Does my dream benefit other?

There are numerous uplifting quotes, anecdotes, etc scattered throughout the book. This is definitely another of John Maxwell's books that is worth re-reading and re-reading again.

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